Errol Morris

"My kids know that when we go to Shabbat dinner with my parents, there will be a fight. Always. All the time, a fight." Dror Moreh, Israeli-born director of the formidable new documentary "The Gatekeepers," is speaking of his family, of growing up "the black sheep" surrounded by those further right along the family political spectrum. His own kids are now 20 and 18, soon to begin their own compulsory Israeli military duty. The film, which opens Friday, focuses tightly on six former heads of Shin Bet, the Israeli secret service organization. "The Gatekeepers" is up for best documentary feature at Sunday's Academy Awards. The inescapable...

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